Man's home, political signs vandalized

Kevius Hodges found his Barack Obama signs slashed, the names "McCain" and "Palin" sprayed on his SUV and racial slurs painted on his Loxahatchee house when he came home Sunday night.

"It's frightening, I don't know what to do," Hodges said Monday. "These kinds of things you can't take lightly."

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating the vandalism to Hodges' home in the 8400 block of Banyan Boulevard. It was likely done between 7 and 11 p.m. Sunday, said Sgt. Pete Palenzuela, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. He said detectives had no suspects Monday.

Theft and vandalism of political signs have gone on sporadically in Palm Beach County in the past few weeks.

Hodges, 43, teaches physical education at Acreage Pines Elementary School and has lived in the neighborhood for 17 years. He said he's never had any problems before.

But when he returned home Sunday night, he found the N-word sprayed onto his garage. The words "white power" and "we hang" also were spray-painted on the building.

Hodges said it isn't a big deal to repaint his SUV and the side of his home and he knows that some people have gotten overheated this election season.

But he worries about how his son, 14, will handle the racial remarks and whether his son is safe there.

"I don't want to leave my son alone in my house," Hodges said. "It's sad. The bad people make it bad for everybody."